Los Angeles-based Cedars-Sinai has quietly become one of the most influential laboratories in modern gastroenterology, a place where ideas born at the bedside are increasingly shaping how digestive ...

With gastrointestinal cancers expected to double globally by 2050, driven largely by pancreatic cancer diagnosis and colorectal cancer deaths, CRC is also showing up more frequently in younger ...

Some people experience chest pain or discomfort after an endoscopy. This can happen due to the gas surgeons use to inflate the stomach during the procedure. If this is the cause, the pain should be ...

Endoscopy is a minimally invasive procedure that can diagnose a stomach ulcer. A long, thin tube with a camera on the end is placed down your throat and into your stomach. If needed, treatment is also ...

An ingestible capsule consisting of an endoscope equipped with a video camera at both ends was designed to explore the colon. This study compared capsule endoscopy with optical colonoscopy for the ...

Complications after endoscopy may be more common than previously thought, a review of electronic medical records (EMR) revealed. The review, which examined more than 400 emergency department (ED) ...

Endoscopy is the primary diagnostic and therapeutic tool for upper gastrointestinal bleeding (UGIB). The performance of endoscopic therapy depends on findings of stigmata of recent hemorrhage (SRH).

SANDY — More people are experiencing chronic digestive health conditions and colon cancer is being diagnosed at younger ages, prompting one of Utah's largest health care companies to increase options ...

A neutral gastric pH is critical for the stability of clots over bleeding arteries. We investigated the effect of preemptive infusion of omeprazole before endoscopy on the need for endoscopic therapy.

A new multi-million-pound endoscopy unit is set to open at Bradford Royal Infirmary. The £25m purpose-built facility, one of the largest NHS developments of its kind in the UK, aims to increase ...